Unsurprising Line

from Happy to Be Here by Runnerup

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Happens all the time
Two firm feet washed out by the river
An unsurprising line
The clock could stop and my mind would still wander

The way it comes and goes
A simple truth now sings the wrong answer
So we may never know
If we were expert pilots or misguided dancers

It’s such a shame
Days of silence were never meant to
Be such a waste for you

In the depths of my mind
I just might drown in the ocean of progress
But hey, we know our kind
Always two good steps from oblivion

Now what’s all the fuss?
To crown the king of something or other
But if it’s not too much
I don’t want a reward but I’d kill for a gesture

It’s such a shame
Days of silence were never meant to
Be such a waste for you
It’s a choice to make
Pull of the tide, the want the need to
Be swept away for good

We blind our eyes and wonder why
But truth is that’s just how we get by

It’s such a shame
Days of silence were never meant to
Be such a waste for you
It’s a choice to make
Pull of the tide, the want the need to
Be swept away for good

Happens all the time
Two firm feet washed out by the river
An unsurprising line
The clock could stop and my mind would still wander

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from Happy to Be Here, released January 31, 2019

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